I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 246 The Emperor’s Inquiry

After meeting these two people, Zhu Youxiao continued to look back and found many talents he was familiar with in later history.

For example, Zhang Guowei, a capable minister in river control, once served as governor of ten prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River, and later served as minister of the Ministry of War. After the Qing soldiers entered the pass, he would rather die than surrender and sacrifice his life for the country.

There are also Shen Tingyang who advocated maritime transportation, restored maritime water transportation and put it into practice; there is Wu Linzheng who was honest, captured tyrants, cunning and thieves, and committed suicide for his country.

Yu Zhishu, who has the ability to manage finances, manage the household department, and change the old bad rules, and has accumulated millions of dollars; Wang Qiaonian, who has always been a talented person and is good at military affairs, etc., there are more than ten people, this time it can be said that they have gathered all over the world. Talent.

Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but feel as proud as Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty that the world's most talented people have fallen into his lap.At the same time, I can't help but sigh. The Ming Dynasty has never lacked talents who are dedicated to the country and have great ambitions, but they cannot be put to good use.

Throughout history, people have been either forming cliques for personal gain or engaging in petty partisanship.Chongzhen was also unable to recognize people and make good use of them, and he had an impetuous temper and killed ministers like a fool. Most of the reasons for the decline of the Ming Dynasty in the end were internal problems.

But now that I'm here, I must overturn the state of innovation and use all this good steel instead of spending all day internally. After all, this is the first batch of candidates admitted to the imperial examination, and most of them are non-party people. .

After passing the imperial examination, these people will become Jinshi. They are all enthusiastic newcomers. As long as I use them well, I will definitely make them more valuable than before.

"Well, since it has been comprehensively compared after three rounds of examinations, I also believe in your judgment. Let's make it this way. The results will be transcribed tomorrow and the results will be released on the [-]th."

Seeing the emperor's satisfied nod, Yuan Keli was finally relieved. After all, the test was very important and there was no room for mistakes.

"Your Majesty clearly understands this, so I can rest assured and let the examiners transcribe it when I get back."

"Well, well, the examiners have been detained in the Gongyuan for about a month. I also ordered them to cancel most of the banquets and let them judge the three exams comprehensively. It must have tortured them. After this matter is resolved, I I will definitely reward you well.”

"Eating the emperor's salary and sharing the emperor's worries are the duties of a minister."

Seeing Yuan Keli being so humble, Zhu Youxiao nodded with satisfaction.

"The results of the NO.20 general examination will be released. When will the palace examination be next month?"

Immediately after the general examination is the palace examination. All "tribute scholars" admitted to the examination will participate in the palace examination, and the palace examination will not expel the candidates, but only re-rank them, so it is relatively easy for the candidates, and they can still be in front of the emperor. Brush your face.

"Your Majesty, the palace examination usually takes place twenty days after the general examination. Therefore, the Ministry of Rites and the Cabinet have scheduled the palace examination at Fengtian Palace on May [-]th."

"Well, that's great. Let's go as planned. This is my first imperial examination since I ascended the throne. I must prepare well and make sure nothing goes wrong. I also want to meet the talents you selected on that day."

The palace examination was originally a matter of the emperor personally asking the court for advice, so the emperor himself was the examiner, and all the tributes who were considered were the disciples of the emperor.Therefore, there are only a few readers and deacons in the palace examination.

The examiners are composed of the cabinet's bachelors, the nine ministers of the five ministries (except the Ministry of Rites), and the senior officials of the Hanlin Academy. The promotion officers (who are in charge of everything in the examination room) are the ministers of the Ministry of Rites, the ministers, and the examiners of the examination.

There are two supervisory censors to serve as supervisors, and the other officials such as receiving records, sealing seals, and holding records are filled by officials from Hanlin, Chunfang and other yamen. There are Jinyi guards on patrol, and logistics are provided by the Ministry of Rites and Guanglu Temple.All civil servants in Beijing must participate in this grand ceremony. It can be said that it is the top priority of the imperial court's work in May, and it cannot be said that it is not ignored.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will do my best to handle this matter."

"Hmm, I can rest assured that you are doing your job. By the way, I have always heard that Aiqing is knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and has many insights into many things. It just so happens that you are here today, and I have some questions that I just want to ask you today."

Now that the matter has been determined, Zhu Youxiao can just follow the cabinet's schedule, but he is looking further ahead. The imperial examination seems to be over soon. Yuan Keli has a great talent and does not want to keep him in the capital. Instead, they wanted him to take charge, but historically his position as governor of Denglai was now held by Guan Yingzhen.

He originally thought that if Guan Yingzhen did not do well, he would ask Yuan Ke to join him, but he did not expect that Guan Yingzhen was in full swing in Denglai and was quite effective. Now he not only cooperated with Liaodong to recruit a large number of refugees to Liaonan, but also cooperated with Yang Chain's farming affairs.

Not long ago, the framework of the navy was set up, with more than 2000 large and small ships and [-] navy personnel, and the number is still increasing. At the same time, he also encouraged civilians and merchants to go to sea to make a living, which relieved many Shandong people. livelihood issues.

Since Guan Yingzhen has done so well, Zhu Youxiao can no longer let Yuan Keli take over and intervene. He needs to be placed in other important positions.

But now there are Xiong Tingbi and Yang Lian in Liaodong; Sun Chengzong, Zou Yuanbiao and others in Gyeonggi; Bi Ziyan in Jiangnan; and Zhu Xieyuan in southwest.So Zhu Youxiao is still undecided on where to put this big chess piece!

Seeing the emperor suddenly asking, Yuan Keli seemed a little surprised. Why did the emperor suddenly ask him a question? However, his many years of official experience made him secretly excited. The emperor must have had a good impression of him by doing this. At this time, he was sure Don't make any mistakes.

"I was frightened. Your Majesty asked me, and I naturally told you everything I knew."

Yuan Keli stood up and bowed to Zhu Youxiao as he spoke. Then he did not dare to sit anymore. He just lowered his hands and waited for the emperor's questions.

"Now the imperial court has established offices in Tianjin and Denglai to encourage maritime trade and establish a navy. It wants to transport grain and grass to Liaodong by sea. But many people say that this is not good. Shipping by sea is extremely risky and is not as safe as land. I wonder what your opinion is on this. Woolen cloth?"

Yuan Keli thought for a moment after hearing this. This matter was the imperial court's plan. Why would His Majesty ask him suddenly.

"Your Majesty, sea trade is very profitable. The imperial court's previous ban on sea trade was entirely due to the Japanese pirates causing trouble in the border areas. There were even many smugglers pretending to be Japanese pirates and causing trouble. Their purpose was not to exclusively enjoy the profits of sea trade. During the Jiajing period, there was Wang Zhi. Now I heard that there is Li Dan is the same.

Nowadays, the imperial court has re-opened the maritime ban and set up customs to collect taxes. Although it charges heavy taxes on maritime merchants, it does not require the imperial court to give more land to the people and reap the benefits. This is a move that benefits the country and the people. "

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao was not surprised. This was just an introduction, and he immediately raised the real question.

"Since you said that, I would like to ask, if I let you take charge of one side and set up customs at the port to collect taxes, what would you do? And now more and more people from the West come to our Ming Dynasty, hoping to join our Ming Dynasty Commerce, how should they be managed and how should they do business?”

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